Steel vise-tie



w. T. GRIFHJH. STEEL VISE TIE.

vAPPLICATION FILED SEPTJ 1919.

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ATTORNEY.

W. T'. GRIFFITH.

STEEL VISE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-26| 1919.

Patented. Mar. 9, 1920.

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W. T. GRIFFITH.

STEEL VISE TIE.

APILICATION FILED SEPT-26,1919.

WILLIAM T. GRIFFITH, or Inolv'mrnie,l omo. f

STEEL VISIE-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. September 26, 1919. Serial No. 326,499. .y

To all air/wm. t may concern Be It known that I, WILLIAM T. Ginn rrrII,a citizen oit theV United States, residing at Irondale, in the county ofJeliferson fand State of Ohio, have invented new and uset'ulImprovements in Steel Vise-Ties, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to railroad ties and has for its object theprovision of a tie embodying in its construction movable chair or railsupports which are adjusted toward or away from each other whereby toadjust the tracks or rails to the proper gage.

rnother'object is the provision ot a tie ot' this character in which theadjustable rail engaging members include blocks ot' wood upon whichthe'rails rest directly, the function of these blocks being 'to provideelasticity and avoid the extreme solidity of an all metal tie.

Animportant object is the provision of a device ot this character whichwill be comparatively simple and inexpensive in manu- :tacture,highlyetticient in use, which may be readily adjusted, which will remain inset position, and which will be a'general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and ad` the details of construction tobe hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in. theaccon'ipanying drawingsin which- Figure 1Ais a plan view of ,a railroadtie V.(vzonstruc'ted in accordance with my invention, the top coverbeing omitted,

2 is a longitudinal sectional view therethrough, the covers being inplace,

Fig. 3 is a central cross sectional view,

Fig. -t is a cross sectional view on the vline fl- 41 of Fig. 1,

Fig. i5 is a cross sectional view on the line 5 5 of 1, looking'at oneend,

e Fig. 6 is va detail bottom plan view ot the top cover in place, the'body of the tie being in section,

Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view through a modified form of tieshowing the use `of wooden rail supporting blocks.

Fig. 8 is a cross sectional Aview therethrough, taken through'VV one` oithe blocks, and i Fig. 9 isa perspective view of one of the blocks. i

Referring more particularly tothe drawing, the numeral 10 designates thebody of the tie which is formed in trough-shapel and preferably otsteel.

Patented Mar. 9, 1924.).

At each end, the -tie is closed by a wall 11 having a rectangular Yrecess 12 into which extends a hole 13.

Extending longitudinally along the center of the body 10 is a threadedrod 11i which is provided at its extremities with nuts disposed withinthe recesses 12. At one end the rod 14C is provided with an angularextension 16 extending through one ot' the holes 13 and adapted Vforengagement by a suitable socket wrench or the like, not shown, wherebythe rod may be rotated. A t certain adjusted positions, the other'end ofthe rod may be projected through the hole 13 in the other end wall. Therod 14- is provided with a longitudinally extending groove or keyway 17.i

The 'rail supports comprise members 18 arranged in pairs and each isformed as a body extending transversely of the tie and having` at itsends recesses, 'as shown at 19, tor engagement upon inwardly extendingflanges 20 formed at the top edge of the. tie. At the center of the tiethe flanges are cut away, as shown at 21, to permit the initialengagement or insertion of the members 1&8. Each member 18 is providedon its top tace with a longitudinal rib 22 and a lug 23 and the ribs andlugs on eachy pair of members cooperate to engage against the edges andthe top of the base or' a rail, respectively. Upon their undersides, themembers 18 have formed thereon projections 211 which are prov'idedwithholes 25 which are formed smooth and through which the rod 14 passes.Threaded upon the rod le and engaging against the projections 24 arenuts 26 and associated with' each nut is a U-shaped .locking member 27having one arm engaging within the groove 17 and its other arm engagingagainst one side-ot' the nut whereby to prevent casual rotation of thenuts. f A

In y some instances Inlay find it desirable to close, at leastpartially, the topv ofthe tie Aand in order to do this I provide .acover 'formed in three sections, the central one vbeing designated bythey numeral 28 and the 31, slidable through brackets 32 on theunderside of the plate and pivotally connect- Vd at their inner endsl bya member 33 from which extends a squared end 34: projecting upwardlythroughv the plate. This head is engageable by a Awrench so that it maybe turned. to move the Vbolts 31 into engage- :tere with the adjustmentof" the rails.

,j In the use of' the tie it will be seen that when theV locking members27 are removed the nuts may be adjusted upon the rod 14 whereby to movethe pairs of rail supporting members 18 with respect to each other soVthat thedistance between them and consequently the gage of the track,maybe adjusted. Under certain conditions the rod 14k may be rotated bymeans of a wrench or the like, to effect proper adjustment.

Referring to Figs. 7, 8 and 9, it will be seen that I have modified mytie to avoid the solidity of an all metal tie. In these figures it willbe seenV that the construction is the same as in the preceding formexcept that the rail supporting members 38 engage against oppositesidesof a wooden block 39 which is of the proper size and shape to lit firmlywithin lthe tie in transverse 4relation thereto and which has at itsends grooves 4l()V for the accommodation of the ilanges 20 ,at the upperedges of the tie. The provision of' these grooves 40 provides flangeportions Ll1 uponthe blocks which engage upon the upper edges of the tiebody. rllhese members 38 carry overhanging rail base engaging membersil2, as in the previous forni. In fact, the only diference between thisstructure and theprevious form 1s the provision of the wooden blockswhich Inovewith the rail engaging members 38, as the screw 14 isrotated.

lFlhile I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right tomake such changes in the form, construction, and arrangement of parts aswill not depart from the spirit of the invention-or the scope of thesubj oined claims.

'Having thus, described my invention, I claim 1. A railroad tiecomprising a troughshapedl hollow body having its end walls providedwith rectangular recesses, a threaded bolt extending longitudinallywithin said body, inwardly extending flanges formed on the top edges ofthe) sides of' the tie body, rail supporting members arranged in pairsand each formed as a body yextending transversely of the tie and havingits ends recessed for engagement upon said flanges, longitudinalk ribsVand overhanging lugs formed on the top surfaces of said members andengaging respectively against the edges and tops of the base of a rail,downwardly extending projections formed on said ail supporting membersand provided with holes for the passage of said rod, nuts threaded uponthe ends of said rod and disposed within said recesses, and other nutsthreaded upon said rod and engaging against said projections. Y

2. A railroad tie comprising a troughshaped hollow body having its endwalls provided with rectangular recesses, a threaded bolt extendinglongitudinally within said body, inwardly extending flanges formed onthe top edges of the sides of the tie body, rail supporting membersarranged in pairs and each formed as a body extending transversely of'the tie and having its ends recessed for engagementv upon said flanges,longitudinal ribs androverhanging Y lugs formed on the top surfaces ofsaid members and engagiiro,` respectively against the edges and tops ofthe base of a rail, downwardly extending projections formed on said railsupportingl members and provided with holes for the passage of said rod,nuts threaded upon the ends of said rod and disposed within' saidrecesses, and other nuts threaded upon said rod and .engaging aga-instsaid projections, and a removable cover formed in sections fitting uponthe top of and forming a closure for theV tie body.

3. A railroad tie comprising a troughshaped hollow body having its endValls provided with openings, a threaded rod extending longitudinallyofsaid body and extending` through said topenings, one end of' said rodbeing provided with an angular portion adapted for engagement by awrench, nut members engaging said rod and held against rotation at theends of said body, a pair of wooden blocks disposed within sai-d bodyand having flanges bearing upon the top edges of the vsides thereof,said blocks being provided with holes for the passage of said rod, apair of rail engaging members disposed upon said rod and engagingopposite sides of each block, overhanging flanges formed on said membersand engaging the bases of the rails, and nuts threaded upon said rod andengaging each of said members.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

